Profile: Thirdy Mercado

      It took me some time to set Thirdy for a shoot. We had the hardest time matching our schedules. Imagine this: He works in a call center (usually on grave yard shift, while I work in a local government. He stays in Cebu while I am based in Maasin but frequents Cebu on weekends but usually for school (and not for leisure). His rest days usually fall on weekdays, while mine, of course are on weekends (which, again, I usually spend for my class). It seemed like a hopeless case that we've been talking about how excited the two of us were to make our dreamed photo shoot to happen.

      But I was just impressed at how the two of us settled for the date to do all these things. All we had to do was find time. And on my part, I had to find time for my classmate since grade school and whose Mom I am dear to.

      He cooked breakfast for the two of us. He laughed and told me that it was his humble expression of gratitude. It was a nice breakfast, but quick. We couldn't waste time. We will do the talking while on the shoot. 

      He was "super" worried (as how he described it) of some allergy scars on his right cheek. Yeah, I had to agree with him but assured him that it's going to be fine. He didn't have to lose that level of confidence that we need for the shoot to be successful.

      His idea of the shoot was inspired by GQ. I knew it was something not hard to achieve. We were both positive we could get the "ACHIEVE" (as how he termed it) mode.

Thirdy M. Mercado (he prefers this than his real name, Abundio M. Mercado III) is a Psychology Graduate from the University of San Carlos, Cebu City. An Aquarian, he believes that "Life is boring if you'll take it seriously". 

He listens to Katy Perry, Outer Lid Break Off, and DB Boulevard and watches Project Runway, Lost, Gossip Girl, Glee on Television.

Just as how he describes himself:

call center whore. psychology major. extreme. unpredictable. deep. thinker.  beach bum. traveler. fashionista extraordinaire. hopeless romantic. obsessive compulsive. love.

A few months after this photo shoot, he got tied up in a relationship.  But now, he is single. You might find it exciting to know what interests him. :)